page_title: List of Carthusian monasteries
section_title: Italy
hierarchical_section_title: List of Carthusian monasteries / Charterhouses / Italy
context_page_description: This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are the "houses of refuge" used by the communities expelled from France in the early 20th century.
  Since the establishment of the Carthusians in 1084 there have been more than 300 monastic foundations, and this list aims to be complete. Dates of foundation and suppression are given where known. As of March 2020 there are 23 extant charterhouses, 18 for monks and 5 for nuns, indicated by bold type.
context_section_description: Albenga Charterhouse or Toirano Charterhouse (Certosa di San Pietro dei Monti di Toirano or Certosa di Monte San Pietro), Albenga (Savona) (1315–1799; previously a Benedictine monastery, San Pietro dei Monti, united in 1315 to Casotto Charterhouse; became autonomous c.1320; transferred to buildings further down the same valley in 1495)
  Allerengelberg, see Schnals
  Asti Charterhouse (Certosa d'Asti), Asti (1387–1801; previously a Vallombrosan monastery)
  Avigliana Charterhouse (Certosa della Santa Trinità di Avigliana), Avigliana (1598–1630; originally a house of the Humiliati; given to the Carthusians of Banda in 1595, whose community moved here in 1598; requisitioned and destroyed for military purposes in 1630, and the community transferred temporarily to Montebenedetto; given Collegno Charterhouse as a replacement for Avigliana in 1642)
  Banda Charterhouse (Certosa di Banda), Villar Focchiardo (Val di Susa (Piedmont) (1498–1598; settled by the displaced community from Montebenedetto Charterhouse; moved to Avigliana)
  Belriguardo Charterhouse (Certosa della Purificazione di Maria), Siena (1345–1636)
  Bologna Charterhouse (Certosa di San Girolamo di Bologna), Bologna (1334–1804)
  Calci, see Pisa
  Capri Charterhouse (Certosa di San Giacomo), Capri (1370–1808)
  Casotto Charterhouse (Certosa di Santa Maria di Casotto), Garessio (Asti) (1170 or 1183–1802)
  Catania Charterhouse (Certosa Dominae Nostrae Novae Lucis), Catania, Sicily (1360–1381)
  Cervara Abbey or La Cervara (Abbazia della Cervara, Abbazia di San Girolamo al Monte di Portofino), Santa Margherita Ligure (1901–1936; a former Benedictine abbey converted to a college of the Somaschi Fathers, the Collegio di San Girolamo, used as a house of refuge for the exiled French communities from Montrieux and Mougères)
  Chiaramonte Charterhouse (Certosa di Chiaramonte, Certosa della Valle di San Nicolò), Chiaramonte (1392–1808)
  Collegno Charterhouse (Certosa dell'Annunciazione di Collegno), Collegno, Turin (1642–1855; settled by the displaced community of Avigliana from temporary accommodation at Montebenedetto; after 1855, the community remained together at La Safforona, until dispersed in 1863)
  Farneta Charterhouse (Certosa di Farneta), Lucca (extant since 1338)
  Ferrara Charterhouse (Certosa San Cristoforo), Ferrara (1452–1801)
  Florence Charterhouse (Certosa di Firenze or Certosa San Lorenzo del Galluzzo), Galluzzo near Florence (founded 1345, dissolved as a charterhouse in the 1960s; from the 1960s onwards occupied by Cistercian monks)
  Galluzzo, see Florence
  Garegnano Charterhouse (Certosa di Garegnano), Milan (1349–1779)
  Genoa Charterhouse (Certosa di San Bartolommeo di Genova), Rivarolo Ligure, Genoa (1297–1798)
  Gorgona Charterhouse (Certosa di Santa Maria e San Gorgonio di Gorgona), island of Gorgona (Livorno) (1373–1425; abandoned in 1425, and community united with that of Pisa; sold in 1776)
  Guglionesi Charterhouse (Certosa di San Giovanni Battista e della Porta del Paradiso di Guglionesi, or Charterhouse of St. John the Baptist and the Gate of Paradise), Guglionesi near Termoli (Campobasso) (1338–1420; united to Naples)
  Losa Charterhouse (Certosa della Losa), Losa in Gravere, Susa Valley, Piedmont (1189–1197; community moved to Montebenedetto Charterhouse)
  Maggiano Charterhouse (Certosa di Maggiano), Siena (1314–1785)
  Mantua Charterhouse (Certosa della Santa Trinità di Mantova), Mantua (1408–1782)
  Milan, see Garegnano
  Monbracco Charterhouse (Certosa di Monbracco) (1282–1303, established as a men's house under the short-lived women's charterhouse at Belmonte di Busca; 1325–1642 as an independent monastery; ruined by war and plague; its assets were given to Collegno)
  Monte Oliveto, Pinerolo (Turin) (1903–1904; Olivetan monastery; house of refuge for the exiled French community of La Grande Chartreuse, previously at Rosière; moved on to Farneta)
  Monte San Pietro, see Albenga
  Montello Charterhouse (Certosa di Santa Maria e San Girolamo di Montello), Montebelluna (Treviso) (1349–1810)
  Montebenedetto Charterhouse (Certosa di Montebenedetto), Villar Focchiardo, Susa Valley, Piedmont (1
caption: Farneta Charterhouse
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